Elegiac

From Spoken Words to Written Works Since the dawns of civilizations, people have used literature not only to express their feelings and their imagination but also to narrate what happened on their surroundings. During the medieval period there was a sudden rebirth of literature. Spoken legends orally composed were transformed into written poems and hymns. New writing styles were introduced by those poets and scholars who traveled with the Crusaders – people who went on expeditions for the…

‘’ The Black Stone of Ka’abah ’’ by Ivan Bunin Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord God, when I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but a famine for hearing the words of the Lord. And the people shall wander from sea to sea and from the north even to the east; they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord inquiring for and requiring it as one requires food, but shall not find it. Prophet Amos 8: 11…

Charles Darwin once said, “A moral being is one who is capable of comparing his past and future actions or motives, and of approving or disapproving of them”. Darwin’s insight into morality is often challenged by the inherent imperfection of human nature. For instance, assimilation is one of many experiences that can have an impact on one’s values and beliefs. However, the interplay between assimilation and moral integrity is not straightforward, but rather depends on one’s identity. Niska and…

father is German he has subconsciously bad attitude towards women ,He is arrogant , dismissive and emotionally lacked. Her father's absence made her life full of darkness , desperation and agony and that clearly shown in her poems especially her elegiac poem "Daddy" .We can say that her muse of poetry was her dead father .The sorrowful tone is the dominant feeling in her poetry. She lost her faith in God after his death. She suffers from mental illness this why she was thinking of death all the…

Sylvia Plath has written many poems that reflect on the horrid Holocaust era, and many people wonder why she chose to put these references in her poems. Her father, Otto Plath, associated himself with the Nazis throughout the Holocaust time period, and she may be referring to this throughout these poems. These poems also reflect the personal struggles of her life. More specifically, Plath’s poem “Daddy” asserts the influences that her personal struggles and her use of vivid Holocaust images have…

Due to this many photographers documented the remnants of Kuwait which was a culmination of destroyed tanks, scarred desert and burning oil fields as well as bodies within mass graves resulting in the photojournalistic practice being described as elegiac, poetic and muted. This was mainly due to it communicating the feeling of being outside the time of history, of events and of politics. Resulting in a sense of removal due to us seeing the destruction after the…

As one of the most prominent literary figures of the early seventeenth century, John Donne has engendered widely differing views regarding the merits of his work. His reputation stands on two distinct accomplishments: the witty, sensual love poetry of his early career and the serious, devout religious writing of his later career as the Dean of St. Paul 's. Donne 's poetry was influential enough to be considered the basis of the metaphysical school of poetry, as characterized by later writers…

Tchaikovsky Hamad Alrashed Fall 2016Tchaikovsky Hamad Alrashed introduction Tchaikovsky an always associated composer with the Moscow school according to his teaching position , as well as using Russian harmonies , and melodies as much as the mighty five do. The turning point of view between Tchaikovsky and the five by his philosophical point of that he is akin more to western ideas. Tchaikovsky bridges the gap between the two schools, for example tonality in his thematic presentation…

Lilith”, while he was fully aware of that Lilith from the Apocryphal couldn’t be accepted as a lady in the Victorian Age. In addition, it was not a right term for someone like the mistress Fanny Cornforth-a model of this painting. Apart from the elegiac ironical title, Rossetti invites the audience to appreciate her physical beauty through highlighting her sensuality and power of virginal body, which often associates with the fatal seduction of men. Cornforth’s matured sexuality illustrates the…

Skepticism of Shakespeare's Authorship of His Plays Over the years, countless people have expressed doubt as to William Shakespeare being the true author of all of his works. These doubts are as old as his plays. Henry James, an American author, once said, "I am haunted by the conviction that the divine William is the biggest and the most successful fraud ever practiced on a patient world.” Alternately, an author by the name of Calvin Hoffman was certain that Shakespeare was very likely "the…